Back from my travels to a very wintery Islay - strong winds, cold and occasionally rainy, which by all accounts has what the weather has been like for much of the time I've been away. No surprise then that there is not a lot of bird news to report.
On Thursday, Martin Armstrong saw 3 White-tailed Eagles down at Easter Ellister, while yesterday, James how saw 3, probably different White-tailed Eagles up at Gruinart along with a Golden Eagle, Peregrine, Sparrowhawk and 3 Woodcock.
Today Ella Simpson had another White-tailed Eagle at Gruinart, plus a Barn Owl hunting followed by a much more exciting find - the Red-breasted Goose on Gruinart flats.
But there is plenty going on for anyone interested in birds at all levels. The latest edition of our local newspaper "The Ileach" out today tells all! The front page covers recent workshops, some of it in the Gaelic medium, run by the RSPB at Gruinart for primary school children. Inside pages have articles on Jura's Primary School taking part in the RSPB's "Big Schools Birdwatch"; a fairly detailed report by NatureScot on the status of the Chough on Islay and another piece promoting Islay's Winter Birdlife Festival. The latter being a series of events organised partly in Gaelic, by the RSPB, BTO and ICCI and running between 21 - 23 February.
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